The Osceola times., 1887-07-23
,oysr an alleged sum from said Trou,

The said Trout having this day
settled in full bis indebtedness to
said Incorporated Toxin, the said H.
NJ. McYeigh, Esq, be and he is here
by ordered and directed to dismiss
laid suit in the Circuit Court of Mis-
.issippi County, Arkansas, in favor
Of said Incorporated Town against
said c X. Trout aud his bondsmen
and that the Recorder Of said town
be and be is hereby orderedsto notify
said II. N. McVeigh Of this settle
ment.
On motion of Robt Dean, Record
er, the above settlement with g. X.
was accepted and approved, ard the
Recorder was ordered tc' notify II.
NJ. Mcveigh, Esq, of said settle
ment."
Why this order was made, we are
unable to say, no doubt that council
had a good reason for compromising.
Look a, your list of petitioners and
see if some Of their names don't ap-
pear on it? 1t might be that some of
them would now like to see the rec.
ords obliteT.ted by surrender Of
the charter.
Suit for recovery, on the bond of
Martin McDonna, OF 1904, he's been
instituted, and is still pending in the
courts; the present Council has new
er entertained any proposition look
ing to . compromise of this claim,
and had New Conner been as atten-
two to bis duties as a member Of the
Board, as hs has been Industrious in
his attempt at fault finding. be new
er would have sprung the matter.
The present Council, with perhaps
one exception, have no desire to
jeopardize the property of the town.
They are all property holders and
fear the sources of danger.
Arc yop satisfied; Or must We pro.
coed?
Sensible people, as rule, do not
bind themselves to pay any more
tax than is actually necessary to
defray current expenses, and IN or
der to meet the demands made to
feed the loafers bsrbored by the re-
sorts which attract them, an extra
tax is levied, by law, on such estab-
lishrnents as penalty for manufac-
turing more loafers. Rights, to be
protected, implies something worth
protecting. Laws that preserve pub.
lie evils are bad laws, and should a,
once be repealed"
To turn the loafers over to the
county officials, who already have
more than they can attend to, would
necessltate additional force, and the
expense would still have to be paid
by the good, sensible people, and
tn, pittanoe the Mayor, Marshal and
Town Treasurer would thus be dc.
barred from. would still have to be
paid to the deputy Sheriifs, Consta'
stables, Squires, and the Count,
Treasurer--a procedure, to which
the good citizens outside of Monro,
township entered an emphatic pro
test at the last election, by voting
whisky out of every other township
md, no doubt, they would seriously
protest against paying any part of thu
expense entailed by the liquor traffic
Of Osceola. See; is that plain?
But, perhaps, it would suit Nov
Conner best, lf both the town ant
county Governments were surren
lered. Then the coon-dives coul,
/, prosper, with no mlnions of the Law
9 To modest or make them afraid.
We agree with New Conner, tina
a business that is not self-supportine
is no good. If by reason Of the ap
I probation of town warrants, unde
the present administration, liquo
I selling is too dull to warrant the pay
ment of the special tax. 1t would b,
cen chile" to give it up, and engag
in some other business.
! 1t is not the DUTY of the Tow,
Council 20 levy q tax, but matte
; purely optional, and we are satisfied
J no member Of the present counci
: would enjoin It's collection afte
!, having once levied an ad yaloren
tax.
' In the early days Of California an,
!, tine Wild West, before state and ter
=, ritorial governments were organized
every man dad his duty as a vigilante
but now, and especially IN Arkansas
( the citizens elect officers every tw,
il years, who alone ar. sworn and ex
$ pected to guard and protect their in
terests while they pursue their avo
y cations. You are SIMPLY mistaken
8 about every man being a sworn of
f ficer. The constitution of the Stat,
e fixes that little matter. Perhaps
: careful reading Of the Constitution
. and laws of Arkansas, would pos
4 you up.
{ 1t is not necessary to attempt t.
r explain the reasons why individual
{ do not act as sworn off GERS; they 81
, often fail to obtain conviction agains
. violators of the law, The methods
3 Of shielding and evading direct ex
r animation. secret signals on the ap